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        Microsoft updates Mobile Application Development toolkit

        Doug | Date: Jan 19, 2005 | Comments: 1



        Microsoft has released version 2.0 of its Mobile Application Development toolkit. The 62MB kit, which includes all the resources needed for developers to build mobile applications for smartphones and PDAs running the Windows Mobile software platform, is available for download from Microsoft's download center, the company says.




        Microsoft says the kit includes:
        • Windows Mobile Development Guided Tour
        • QuickStarts
        • Hands-on Labs
        • Technical Articles
        • Business Success Stories
        • Information about Developer Tools and SDKs
        • Software and Special Offers>
        The kit runs under all versions of Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Other downloadable software is required to work with the toolkit including:
        • Pocket PC 2003 SDK for building Pocket PC applications
        • Smartphone 2003 SDK for building smartphone applications
        • eMbedded Visual C++ 4.0 and Service Pack 3 for writing native code
        • Visual Studio .NET 2003 for writing managed code
        Links to all of these files are available on the toolkit's download page, here.

        As an alternative to downloading these extremely large files, order the Windows Mobile Developer Resource Kit DVD that contains all of the above and more.



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